Once again the Oscars are upon us! The 97th Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, March 2 - and it has been a very twisty awards season! Without very much confidence, we are back to make our official predictions for the winners of the big show. Listen along and let us know what you agree or disagree with! Thanks for listening!
*some of the categories (ie all the shorts and documentaries) we are very much blindly guessing ;) skip ahead 10 minutes if you want to hear our educated predictions!
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45:00
THE 2024 WATCHY AWARDS
We're back to wrap up the year with our Second Annual Watchy Awards! We've watched and watched and watched this year, and now it's time for our final verdicts. Listen along as we count down 5 categories and our winners from each. Thank you for listening all year long, there's more to come in 2025. Happy New Year!
Episode Notes
00:00 Introducing the Watchy Awards
03:30 Best TV Show
10:40 Best Theater Experience
17:50 Best First Time Watch
28:30 Best Performance
38:00 Top 5 Films of the year
1:12:00 Honorable Mentions (top 10)
1:21:20 Worst Movies of the Year
1:25:10 Pop Culture Honorable Mentions
After a long summer's nap, we're back to yap! Welcome back to Watching Up with a much needed catch-up episode where we're discussing our summer travels, all the things we've been watching, as well as some hot pop culture takes! Thanks for listening, we're glad you're here!
Episode Notes:
0:00 - Our trip to LA and accepting our Academy Awards
8:40 - Our LA Vanderpump tour & Rachel's first Vanderpump Rules watch
15:15 - Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+, spoiler free)
20:30 - Big Brother S26 (CBS & Paramount +)
22:30 - Love Island USA (Peacock)
24:30 - The Bachelorette (ABC)
37:40 - Twisters (2024)
52:50 - Longlegs (2024)
1:01:30 - MaXXXine (2024)
1:03:55 - Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
1:07:00 - Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
1:09:45 - Michelle & Rachel's MCU Corner (RDJ and Marvel News)
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1:18:40
'CHALLENGERS' IS HERE!!
We're back and we're THIRSTY! This week, we've dedicated an entire episode to Luca Guadagnino's sexy, sweaty, thigh-centric new film, CHALLENGERS! Gird your loins because we're breaking down all of our favorite parts of the movie and why we think it's worth the hype! We also pick the first film year we'll be covering in our revamped Watching Up segment. Thanks for listening!
NOTE: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FILM CHALLENGERS (2024)!
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Dune: Part Two and COWBOY CARTER!
The art gods have smiled upon us in 2024 and we have SO MUCH to catch up on. In this long awaited episode, we break down two of the biggest releases of the year so far, Denis Villenueve's Dune: Part Two and Beyonce's act ii COWBOY CARTER! We also chat about a bunch of other movies we've been watching. Interested in fire alarms during film screenings? How about Kristen Stewart's evolution? Dev Patel kicking ass? We've got something for everyone. We're glad to be back! Thanks for listening.
Episode Notes:
6:00 Dune: Part Two
16:00 Wonka
18:40 COWBOY CARTER
33:20 Love Lies Bleeding
35:40 Immaculate
39:20 Monkey Man
42:40 Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces
46:20 What's next with Watching Up
Michelle and Rachel have many things in common. They are both Tauruses, both millennials, and both share a love of movies, tv, and pop culture. Oh, and they’re also sisters! Come along for a weekly chat about the latest goings on in culture as the girls try to catch up (or watch up) on all the important media they’ve missed out on.
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